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  1. Ford actually used the dana 50 all the way up until 2001 in the f250s and than they switched all axles to the dana 60. They used the ttb in al trucks up until 99 unless it had the dana 60 up front. Than they used a leaf spring solid axle type front end. A good place to look for reference and advice are powerstrokenation.com and powerstrokearmy.com. Ive been a member on both sites for years now.

    Chad

  2. here is "Project Afterlife" it's a griffen designs 379 conversion sent to me by a buddy of mine, italeri cab, stock everything else.....there are alot of plans for this truck and I've been using the 378 to mock up items for the build....al the white plastic parts obviously are scratchbuilt....here's the list of items that have either been modified or scratchbuilt

    headlights-RVG 359 brackets cut off of the buckets, white freightliner DD spotlights cut off of their brackets and attached to the RVG brackets.

    front fenders-2 RM 359 fenders( used to keep a tighter profile on the tires over the 1/24, added a second section of fender to the back, completely smoothed the fenders, added outer lip for gangster style fenders

    Texas 15" drop visor

    10" aluminum tubing bent with pickett style elbows smoothed and touched up for big low stacks

    front of tandem lightbar

    rear tandem lightbar and deckplating

    seats-lindbergh f150 4x4 seats, inside armrest cut off, seats refilled and placed into the lowered position

    I'll be scratchbuilding:

    4-5 chime train horn to mount onto the deckplate

    airline box on the frame

    305" wheelbase

    lower cab skirts for real deep low look

    tall shifter

    specs on the truck will be

    pete 379

    cat 3406

    305" wheelbase

    24.5" italeri wheels

    22.5" lonestar tires( lower profile

    lowered scratchbuilt front suspension

    lowered rear pete low air leaf suspension

    63" italeri 377 sleeper WITH cab fairings

    all items scratchbuilt will be chrome

    p&p rear double hump fenders

    COOP headache rack from Sourkrauts

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    the drawing depicts what the end result will be.

    all the items I scratchbuilt will be put onto this 378 as well I want to rebuild all of these items because I love the look of them on this truck, after this it will predominantly be known as "Project Resurrection"

  3. here's my addition, it's a parts box build COMPLETELY out of the parts box. it's a revell snaptite aerodyne front half the frame, amt pete 359 rear frame half, leftover hood that I shaved the headlights from, 359 headlights, lowered the rear suspension, lowered the front suspension, used the amt california hauler visor, revell kenworth mirrors, italeri pete tanks, 359 deck plating, 359 airline totem pole, amt 359 wheels, revell kw tires, revell front wheels and tires, scratchbuilt texas bumper....Im going to add a set of p&p double hump fenders to it to give it a little more pop...the color is duplicolor light metallic blue with triple coat of clear

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    Chad

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